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Effects of nutritional supplementation combined with low-intensity exercise in malnourished patients with COPD

Author: Sugawara, K. Country/countries: Japan Number of patients participating in the study: 32 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Education delivered in groups Intervention components: E+G
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Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence
Intervention analysed in the study: Education delivered in groups Intervention components: E+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) - Dyspnea
Lung Function Respiratory status - Max inspiratory pressure N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity Resting Energy Expenditure (REE)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 77.72 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.82) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 55.55 (+/- a standard deviation of 26.04) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Lung Function - Respiratory status - Max inspiratory pressure
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)